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President Davenport outlines strategic priorities in convocation address

President Richard Davenport outlines new strategic priorities.

2009-08-18
By Robb Murray, Free Press Staff Writer [published in The Free Press, Mankato, MN, 8/18/2009]

President Davenport addressing the University at convocationMinnesota State Mankato President Richard Davenport bid a figurative farewell to the past at his annual convocation Monday and said the university is poised to launch itself into the future with a bold list of new strategic priorities.

The convocation is the president’s annual “state of the university” address in which he talks about the struggles and accomplishments of the previous year and tells the university community where the university’s energy will be directed.

After lauding astellar employees and listing some of the many student, academic and institutional achievements of the previous year — including the wrapping up of the previous strategic plan — Davenport outlined a five-part plan that shows where he hopes to bring the university during the next few years.

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